Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
ब्रह्मस्थाने तथैकेन भोजितेन तु तत्फलम् । एवं ज्ञात्वा महादेवि तत्र तिष्ठामि निर्वृतः । कोटिर्भिर्देवऋषिभिर्देवैः सह समावृतः । तीर्थानि तत्र तिष्ठंति अंतर्भूतानि वै कलौ
brahmasthāne tathaikena bhojitena tu tatphalam | evaṃ jñātvā mahādevi tatra tiṣṭhāmi nirvṛtaḥ | koṭirbhirdevaṛṣibhirdevaiḥ saha samāvṛtaḥ | tīrthāni tatra tiṣṭhaṃti aṃtarbhūtāni vai kalau
Sa Brahmā-sthāna na iyon, kahit sa pagpapakain lamang sa isang karapat-dapat, natatamo ang gayunding bunga. Sa pagkaalam nito, O Mahādevī, nananahan ako roon sa ganap na kapanatagan, napaliligiran ng mga krore ng mga banal na rishi at ng mga diyos. Sa panahon ng Kali, lahat ng mga tīrtha ay nananatili roon—tunay ngang natitipon at nakapaloob sa pook na iyon.
Śiva (deduced from address to Mahādevī and Somnātha/Prabhāsa context)
Tirtha: Brahma-sthāna (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva speaks to Devī about Brahma-sthāna: a radiant spot within Prabhāsa where gods and devaṛṣis gather in countless numbers; a single feeding act shines as equal to vast charity; subtle imagery of many tīrthas ‘contained’ like streams converging into one luminous center.
FAQs
In Prabhāsa, simple dharma such as feeding even one worthy recipient yields great merit; the place concentrates tīrtha-power especially in Kali-yuga.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra—associated with Somnātha/Someśvara—and specifically a Brahmā-sthāna within that sacred region.
Bhojana/anna-dāna (feeding as an act of charity and honour) is praised as highly meritorious at Brahmā-sthāna in Prabhāsa.
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